Design and Implementation of E-Government Platform Based on Web GIS and Cloud Computing

2013 ◽  
Vol 756-759 ◽  
pp. 1556-1560
Author(s):  
Yan Qing Feng ◽  
Wen Feng Zheng ◽  
Pan Liu ◽  
Ya Nan Jia
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Web Gis ◽  
Utilization Rate ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Government Function ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Comprehensive Framework

E-government presents a tremendous opportunity to provide higher quality, and cost-effective government services as well as creating a better relationship between citizens and government. The use of Web GIS makes the sharing and applying traditional GIS being possible. Web GIS provides integrated geo-spatial information and services to users and decision support for the government's macro decision-making. However, the current condition of huge initial capital investment in ICT equipment and IT labor does not change. As Cloud Computing enables sharing of resources and costs across a large pool of users while providing on-demand services with dynamic scalability. E-government with cloud computing raises the utilization rate of resource and reduces the budget. In addition, if e-government system is moved to cloud computing environment, cloud computing can construct the system into a service platform which takes service as its core, realizing the transition of government function and promoting the upgrading of local industry and developing low carbon economy. For this reason this research aims to develop a comprehensive framework of support e-government platform, with a specific focus on the e-government system based on Web GIS and private cloud computing based on OpenStack.

scholarly journals Energy Retrofitting Opportunities Using Renewable Materials—Comparative Analysis of the Current Frameworks in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Slovenia

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 603
Author(s):  
Darija Gajić ◽  
Slobodan Peulić ◽  
Tim Mavrič ◽  
Anna Sandak ◽  
Črtomir Tavzes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Resource Exploitation ◽  
Renewable Materials ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Eu Member States

Sustainable approaches for retrofitting buildings for energy efficiency are becoming necessary in a time when the building sector is the largest energy consumer. Retrofitting building stock is effective for reducing global energy consumption and decreasing resource exploitation. Less developed EU member states and neighboring developing countries show reluctance towards healthy and renewable materials. Implementation of sustainable materials for energy retrofitting is slowed down due to gaps in legislation and effective strategic programs, availability of bio-based materials, lack of knowledge regarding use and maintenance of renewable products, and marketing lobbies. Use of bio-based materials in refurbishment is important due to their negative or low global warming potential (GWP), low primary energy (PEI) need for production, cost-effective benefits, and recycling/reuse potential. Role of environmentally friendly solutions and low-carbon economy growth is particularly relevant in developing countries, such as Bosnia-Herzegovina, that cannot afford innovative energy recovery systems, yet possess a significant amount of poorly managed building stock. This research aims to analyze frameworks regarding retrofitting of residential buildings in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Slovenia. The analysis tackles indirect causes, studies the legal background, and examines strategic frameworks; thus, it indicates potential barriers for implementation of recommended retrofitting solutions based on renewable materials.

scholarly journals Introducing GEOFIT: Cost-Effective Enhanced Geothermal Systems for Energy Efficient Building Retrofitting

Proceedings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (15) ◽  
pp. 557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Messervey ◽  
Marco Calderoni ◽  
Angel Font ◽  
Mikel Borras ◽  
Ray Sterling ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Enhanced Geothermal Systems ◽  
Geothermal Systems ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Executive Agency ◽  
Energy Efficient Building ◽  
Carbon Economy

GEOFIT, “Deployment of novel GEOthermal systems, technologies and tools for energy efficient building retrofitting,” is a recently launched 4-year H2020 project funded by the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) under the call topic LCE-17-2017: Easier to install and more efficient geothermal systems for retrofitting buildings. GEOFIT is a part of INEA’s Energy Portfolio Low Carbon Economy (LCE), Renewable Energy Technologies (RET) and brings together 24 partners from 10 European countries to work on the development of novel and smart shallow geothermal systems. This paper introduces the project.

The Engineering Technology Index Analysis of the Low-Carbon Building

2012 ◽  
Vol 535-537 ◽  
pp. 1985-1990
Author(s):  
Bao Ku Qi ◽  
Jing Ming Zhao ◽  
Yu Qu
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effective ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Architectural Form ◽  
Cost And Benefit ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Cost Effective Method ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Analysis Mode ◽  
Carbon Economy

Low-carbon building is the new building types under the background of low-carbon economy. Compared with traditional architectural form, the cost and benefit of the low-carbon building have changed a lot; therefore, it is necessary to analyze the low-carbon building from the perspective of cost and benefit. This paper structured an analysis mode through the cost-effective method, and also provided a new analysis idea and approach to value the low-carbon building, so it has an important referential value for the promotion and construction of low-carbon building in the whole society.

Cloud computing: a collaborative green platform for the knowledge society

VINE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona A. Mohamed ◽  
Sharma Pillutla
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Information Overload ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Chief Information Officers ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Critical Issues

Purpose – The main aim of this paper is to investigate the potential of Cloud Computing as a multilayer integrative collaboration space for knowledge acquisition, nurturing and sharing. The paper will pinpoint benefits and challenges of Cloud Computing in satisfying the new techno-sociological requirements of the knowledge society through the provision of information technology (IT) green services. Furthermore, the article calls for the engagement of researchers to generate additional discussion and dialog in this emerging and challenging area. Design/methodology/approach – The paper applies a conceptual analysis to explore the utilization of the Cloud ecosystem as a new platform for knowledge management (KM) technologies characterized by environmental and economic benefits. Findings – This paper reveals the emergence of a new layer in the Cloud stack known as Knowledge Management-as-a-Service. The article discusses how KM has the opportunity to evolve in synergy with Cloud Computing technologies using the modified Metcalfe’s law, while simultaneously pursuing other benefits. This research reveals that if Cloud Computing is successfully deployed, it will contribute to the efficient use of the under-utilized computing resources and enable a low carbon economy. However, challenges such as security, information overload and legal issues must be addressed by researchers before Cloud Computing becomes the de facto KM platform. Originality/value – While the technical, legal and environmental complications of Cloud Computing have received the attention warranted, the KM concepts and implementation facets within the realm of the knowledge society have not yet received adequate consideration. This paper provides enterprise KM architects, planners, chief information officers (CIOs) and chief knowledge officers (CKOs) with a comprehensive review of the critical issues, many of which are often overlooked or treated in a fragmented manner within the Cloud environment.

Research on Development Status and Countermeasure of Shandong Province Low Carbon City

2012 ◽  
Vol 524-527 ◽  
pp. 2636-2640
Author(s):  
Xiu Li Sun ◽  
Xue Qin Sun
Keyword(s):  
Capital Investment ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Shandong Province ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Healthy Development ◽  
The Status ◽  
Countermeasures And Suggestions ◽  
Low Carbon City ◽  
The Impact

Due to the impact of climate change, the development of low-carbon economy and building a low carbon city has become one of the optimal mode of urban development in the future. This paper first describes the related concepts of low-carbon cities, introduces the status of the development of low carbon cities in Shandong Province, identify the favorable conditions and unfavorable factors of the development of low carbon cities in Shandong Province, and finally put forward countermeasures and suggestions. This article points out that Shandong Province should improve the low - carbon policies and systems, build a legal system, increase low-carbon capital investment, develop the carbon trading markets, adjust industrial structure, promote energy conservation etc, then realize the healthy development of low-carbon city.

scholarly journals Making a Case for Local Combined Head and Power and District Heating Infrastructures within the United Kingdom Policy Landscape

2019 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 02003
Author(s):  
Javier Urquizo ◽  
Carlos Calderón ◽  
Philip James
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Information ◽  
Local Level ◽  
District Heating ◽  
Spatial Modelling ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Distributed Energy ◽  
Energy Infrastructure ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
The Impact

Planning energy infrastructure at the local level is the key to addressing some of the most difficult challenges in climate change and energy policy planning (i.e. fuel poverty) and to unlock the transformative potential of distributed energy technologies. The scientific field of urban energy and carbon modelling is becoming a fundamental instrument to estimate an energy and carbon baseline at a point in time and to quantify the impact that policy-driven technological interventions that could have on the overall carbon footprint of a city. This capability enables an evidence-based approach in which the economic case towards a low-carbon economy can be made. Transformative local distributed energy technologies such as CHP or district heating have a strong spatial component due to a need to identify synergies with adjacent properties or heating loads. Currently available domestic building energy models often do not take into account spatial information. Accessing geo-referenced data for energy modelling can also be particularly useful as validated outputs (i.e. heating and electricity loads, energy profiles) can be mapped using spatial modelling techniques that help to easily identify high and low energy consumption areas and potential synergies in local energy infrastructure planning. In Newcastle upon Tyne UK, the council is exploring the opportunities for the installation of renewable heat technologies on their own stock as a matter of urgency. Identification of potential sites and feasibility for technical and financial applicability within the UK policies will be addressed by this paper.

The Researching on the Critical Path of Clean Production in Automobile Enterprises under Low Carbon Economy

2014 ◽  
Vol 675-677 ◽  
pp. 1739-1742
Author(s):  
Xiu Rong Liu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Benefit ◽  
Critical Path ◽  
Social Benefit ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Utilization Rate ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Environmental Benefit ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Clean Production ◽  
Carbon Economy

The final goal of clean production is to improve utilization rate of resources, reduce pollutant emissions, improve utilization rate of waste,which achieve the best combination of economic benefit, social benefit and environmental benefit. Therefore, this artical starts from the necessity of implementing clean production in automobile enterprises under low carbon economy, and researches on the critical path of clean production in automobile enterprises under low carbon economy from two aspects of the strategic level and tactical level.

Research on Technology of Energy Consumption Optimization in Cloud Computing Platform

2015 ◽  
Vol 713-715 ◽  
pp. 2467-2470
Author(s):  
Liang Hao ◽  
Gang Cui ◽  
Ming Cheng Qu ◽  
Wen De Ke
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Optimization Techniques ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Computing Platform ◽  
Energy Consumption Optimization ◽  
Cloud Computing Platform

With the shortage of energy and global climate warming, as well as the low-carbon economy and green computing coming, the energy consumption of cloud computing has become a critical issue, and even the economic benefits of cloud computing has been widely discussion. In view of the phenomenon of energy is wasted seriously in cloud computing, the energy optimization techniques in cloud computing platform have been studied and summarized in this paper. The concept, characteristics and development of cloud computing are introduced firstly. And then the existing energy consumption optimization approaches of cloud computing are studied deeply. The opening and closing techniques, dynamic voltage adjustment technology, virtual energy-saving technology and resource scheduling optimization technology are studied deeply. Finally, the contents are summarized and the future is looked forward.

scholarly journals Fuel poverty and low carbon emissions: a comparative study of the feasibility of the hybrid renewable energy systems incorporating combined heat and power technology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Rzetelska ◽  
Madeleine Combrinck
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Combined Heat And Power ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
North East ◽  
Software Models ◽  
Poor Households

AbstractFuel poverty is most prevalent in North East England with 14.4% of fuel poor households in Newcastle upon Tyne. The aim of this paper was to identify a grid connected renewable energy system coupled with natural gas reciprocating combined heat and power unit, that is cost-effective and technically feasible with a potential to generate a profit from selling energy excess to the grid to help alleviate fuel poverty. The system was also aimed at low carbon emissions. Fourteen models were designed and optimized with the aid of the HOMER Pro software. Models were compared with respect to their economic, technical, and environmental performance. A solution was proposed where restrictions were placed on the size of renewable energy components. This configuration consists of 150 kW CHP, 300 kW PV cells, and 30 kW wind turbines. The renewable fraction is 5.10% and the system yields a carbon saving of 7.9% in comparison with conventional systems. The initial capital investment is $1.24 million which enables the system to have grid sales of 582689 kWh/a. A conservative calculation determined that 40% of the sales can be used to reduce the energy cost of fuel poor households by $706 per annum. This solution has the potential to eliminate fuel poverty at the site analyzed.

Existing Problems and Countermeasures in the Development of China’s Biomass Energy Industry

2012 ◽  
Vol 608-609 ◽  
pp. 441-447
Author(s):  
Yu Zhao ◽  
Chen Xia Suo
Keyword(s):  
Rural Economy ◽  
Biomass Energy ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Utilization Efficiency ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Utilization Rate ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Land Utilization ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Countermeasures And Suggestions

Biomass energy, a kind of new energy like solar energy and wind energy, is always highly acclaimed globally. The development of China’s biomass energy industry has the following benefits: improve land utilization rate and promote positive cycle of ecosystems in China; improve rural energy utilization efficiency and promote sustainable development of rural economy; develop low-carbon economy and protect the environment; and address energy crisis and guarantee national energy security. However, problems existing in the development of China’s biomass energy industry hamper further development of this industry. This paper summarizes the five problems existing in the development of biomass energy industry development and offers corresponding countermeasures and suggestions.

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